If you
have a particular baby shower theme it makes it very easy to
decorate and to plan menu items. An adorable theme can make for the
perfect baby shower.
Of course the reason for the shower is the baby, but you can also
decide to have a particular theme. Below are just a few examples:
Have a fall harvest theme. You could decorate in orange, brown and
gold colors. Serve pumpkin pie, cider, spiced chai tea and apples.
Make some soups and warm dips; and burn cinnamon candles. Having a
fall theme is just another added dimension to the shower. It in no
way distracts from the main focus of celebrating baby.
If it is summer time perhaps you'd like to have a pool party theme.
Suggest everyone bring their bathing suit and a towel. Host the
shower outside. Serve lemonade and popsicles.
The seasons of the year offer wonderful ideas on themes. A spring
theme could include lots of flowers. Favors could be a little
package of bulbs. Stress the new birth that comes with spring and
tie it in with the new birth of the baby.
You could do a "pamper-me" theme. Let everyone take their
shoes off and dip their feet in the foot massager. Then rub
peppermint lotion on your feet. This would be a fun get together –
all the while making mom and baby the focus. It will be enjoyable
and memorable for the shower guests too.
What about a cookie exchange? Have all the guests bring 2 dozen
cookies and swap them out. Chances are your guest of honor will have
fun too. Of course a baby shower is all about mom, but sometimes
there are only so many baby festivities to do in one afternoon.
Does the
new mommy love to travel? Why not host a shower with a
round-the-world theme and have foods that represent many different
ethnicities and travel destinations. Play a geography themed trivia
game and perhaps you could put party favors in a suitscase.
What about a luau theme complete with grass skirts, leis and
coconuts. Make your shower FUN. It doesn't have to be about tea and
crumpets while sitting quietly in a chair. If your guest of honor
was fun before she was pregnant, she'll still be fun. (Give her one
last hoorah before baby settles her down.)
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